The High Court is due to rule on a case which could affect the validity of millions of pounds' worth of parking tickets across the country.
Parking tickets, Mr Herron argues, were originally for freeing up kerb space
If Sunderland-based campaigner Neil Herron wins the case, it means thousands of motorists could apply to the courts to have their fines overturned.
Mr Herron began his parking campaign in 2005 after he challenged the local council's parking rules on collecting Penalty Charge Notices in 2005 in frustration at the parking rules, which he claims were flawed.
The activist believes the council is at fault in issuing parking tickets within a Controlled Parking Zone.
He says the council has never actually put an order in place to allow the CPZ to come into effect and believes that means all parking tickets issued within it are invalid.
Neil Herron with some of his fixed penalty notices
This is not the campaigner's first appearance in court.
He was part of the "Metric Martyrs" group who were prosecuted for using imperial weights and measures instead of metric.
That case was won on the basis of a judge's decision that certain acts of Parliament - including the 1689 Bill of Rights - took precedence over some other legislation, unless the measures had been specifically repealed.
The Bill of Rights argues that citizens cannot be fined without being convicted.
Mr Herron points out, however, that parking fines imposed by a council can only be resolved by going to court.
"If local authorities are going to issue tickets to motorists they have to comply with the law," he told Sky News Online.
"You can't break the law to enforce it.
"People forget that local councils are civil servants who were originally tasked with managing kerb space, not using ticketing as a stealth tax."
Parking tickets, Mr Herron argues, were originally for freeing up kerb spaceIf Sunderland-based campaigner Neil Herron wins the case, it means thousands of motorists could apply to the courts to have their fines overturned.
Mr Herron began his parking campaign in 2005 after he challenged the local council's parking rules on collecting Penalty Charge Notices in 2005 in frustration at the parking rules, which he claims were flawed.
The activist believes the council is at fault in issuing parking tickets within a Controlled Parking Zone.
He says the council has never actually put an order in place to allow the CPZ to come into effect and believes that means all parking tickets issued within it are invalid.
Neil Herron with some of his fixed penalty noticesThis is not the campaigner's first appearance in court.
He was part of the "Metric Martyrs" group who were prosecuted for using imperial weights and measures instead of metric.
That case was won on the basis of a judge's decision that certain acts of Parliament - including the 1689 Bill of Rights - took precedence over some other legislation, unless the measures had been specifically repealed.
The Bill of Rights argues that citizens cannot be fined without being convicted.
Mr Herron points out, however, that parking fines imposed by a council can only be resolved by going to court.
"If local authorities are going to issue tickets to motorists they have to comply with the law," he told Sky News Online.
"You can't break the law to enforce it.
"People forget that local councils are civil servants who were originally tasked with managing kerb space, not using ticketing as a stealth tax."
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